MECH496 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ME:3D PRINTING AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
| Course Code: | 3650496 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to learn the current AM technologies, their operating principles, and their characteristics, select the most appropriate AM process for the given task, use various software to obtain trajectory files for AM processes, interpret and modify the generated trajectory files, compare conventional manufacturing processes with AM technologies, and design objects by using Design for AM principles.
Course Content
Comparison of additive manufacturing(AM) with conventional manufacturing processes,basic of AM,software issues of AM technologies, photopolymerization processes,powder bed fusion processes,extrusion-based systems,printing processes,sheet lamination processes,beam deposition processes,direct write technologies,design for am,multi-materials in AM,future trends.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- differentiate between the conventional (substractive) and additive manufacturing processes
- know the basics of different additive manufacturing methods
- design parts for additive manufacturing
- show awareness for the future trends of additive manufacturing
- judge whether the corresponding artifact can be fabricated with additive manufacturing methods or not